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Schism

You are a double agent between a break-off religious sect and an inquisition within a holy city. Gather intelligence from both sides, solve their puzzles, navigate between dark-truths, and collect insights to write reports that give you the power to shape an inevitable conflict to come...

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Far Owl Studios
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Far Owl Studios
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About the Game

Play as a double agent between a break off religious sect and an inquisition. Gather information from and for both sides by solving puzzles, reading between the lines, and speaking with others. Use your information and insights to craft reports that allow you to craft a narrative between these two factions and influence the start of an inevitable schism within a holy city…

Conduct Real Espionage

Eavesdropping, hidden compartments, hidden messages, and more are all inspired by real-life espionage techniques and practices. Use your intellect and magic to solve them and get to the heart of the truth. 

Discover Dark Truths

Both sides harbor secrets that you can reveal to either of them. You can choose either to reveal them to their opponent or keep them a secret. No matter what, they seek to bring ruin to each other. 

Influence both sides to your volition

Both sides want information from you, they need to know more about each other to bring ruin to them. The break-off religious sect wants to dissolve the inquisition; meanwhile, the inquisition needs more information to root out the sect. Which side will you choose? 

A deep and unique fantasy world

As you delve deeper and deeper into both sides, you will find a fantasy world filled to the brim with lore of complex characters, deep lore, and a unique religion. Allowing you to further contextualize your choices as you discover each sides dark truths…

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